Our Shared Sacrifice: The Briefs - Short-Form Documentary Series
Daniyal and Harris Elahi produce Our Shared Sacrifice: The Briefs, a short-form documentary series hosted on The Veterans Channel. The series recovers the stories of soldiers, battles, and military innovations connected to Commonwealth and minority service in the First World War, particularly where these histories have been underrepresented in mainstream Canadian remembrance.
Episodes released to date include Private Hasan Amat, The Battle of Hill 70, Creeping Barrage at Hill 70, Sergeant Frederick Hobson, VC, Sepoy Khudadad Khan, VC, The Battle of Neuve Chapelle, Lieutenant Frank Alexander de Pass, VC, and Lance-Corporal Frederick Fisher, VC. English and French versions are available for Hasan Amat, Hill 70, Creeping Barrage, Hobson, Khudadad Khan, Neuve Chapelle, and Frank de Pass; Frederick Fisher is currently available in English only. Each brief combines primary-source archival research with AI-assisted visual reconstruction, used only where no surviving primary-source photograph or moving image exists.
Daniyal Elahi serves as Director and Producer of the series; Harris Elahi serves as Associate Producer. Daniyal and Harris co-wrote the audio narration scripts and conducted the historical research for the series. The series is distributed through The Veterans Channel and through Our Shared Sacrifice’s Facebook and Instagram channels.
The Hill 70 Memorial Commissioned Series
The Hill 70 Memorial has commissioned Our Shared Sacrifice as content producers for a multi-video Hill 70 series, with editorial oversight from a Memorial advisory group. The first commissioned productions are now live on The Veterans Channel.
Feature Documentary: Our Shared History and Sacrifice
Our Shared History and Sacrifice: The Legacy of Canada, Pakistan & India in the First World War examines the intertwined wartime experiences of Canadian forces and soldiers of the British Indian Army from present-day Pakistan and India, whose contributions on the Western Front have been historically underrepresented.
Daniyal and Harris Elahi contributed to the historical and archival research for the documentary. The film was produced by Mario Madau and distributed through The Veterans Channel.
The documentary preceded the founding of Our Shared Sacrifice, which Daniyal and Harris established as an independent youth-led Canadian public history initiative in late 2025.
Our Shared Sacrifice — 20-Minute AI Narrative Version
Daniyal and Harris Elahi produced a 20-minute AI-assisted narrative version of "Our Shared Sacrifice: The Legacy of Canada and British India in the First World War," distributed through The Veterans Channel. The brothers also produced English-language and French-language trailers for this version, extending the project's reach to Anglophone and Francophone audiences across Canada.
International Media Coverage
In December 2025, Daniyal and Harris Elahi delivered a seminar on Private Hasan Amat and Commonwealth service in the First World War to approximately 400 secondary students at the Right to Play Community Centre, Dhidowali, Sialkot, Pakistan. The visit was covered by six Pakistani national television networks: Express News, Public News, HUM News, Samaa, AJK News, and Abb Takk.
Social Media
Between November 2025 and June 2026, Our Shared Sacrifice content reached more than 5 million views across Facebook and Instagram, including about 2.5 million organic views on Facebook. On Facebook alone, the content reached more than one million people. Content interactions exceeded 100,000, and a majority of views were organic. Paid distribution was supported by a Veterans Affairs Canada Commemorative Partnership Program grant.